TEAM

Current team members

Francesco POMATI (EAWAG)

I have broad interests in microbial community ecology and evolution. I aim at understanding the effects of human-induced environmental change on plankton biodiversity, and the consequences of biodiversity change for aquatic ecosystem functioning. I approach community ecology from a trait-based perspective to link individual and population responses to community and ecosystem level processes. To achieve the above goals, I apply or develop new tools for studying microbial communities in their natural environment.

mARCO BAITY-JESI (eawag)

I use machine learning and statistical physics methods to tackle problems with large available datasets, and which involve a large number of interacting agents. I am also interested in the interaction between dynamics and energy / loss function landscape in systems with a large number of variables, ranging from toy models to deep neural networks.

Christian ebi (eawag)

With a background as an electrical engineer I work as technician across departments. My main task is the support of research groups in questions related to Wireless data transmission, sensor networks, sensors and electronics. The fieldwork includes deploying, testing, maintenance and optimization of measurement systems in the field of water research.

Gabrielle Koerich (eawag)

I am a quantitative ecologist focused on understanding community dynamics across time and space, with particular interest in how environmental change can affect the mechanisms driving biodiversity patterns. My current postdoctoral research examines the prevalence of chaotic dynamics in plankton communities and explores how chaos affects our capacity to forecast ecological change in natural systems. My previous work has spanned diverse ecosystems, from marine macroalgae to Antarctic mosses, but I have been fascinated by phytoplankton from early on in my career, and I am excited to be finally deciphering their secrets.

marta reyes (eawag)

I am an Aquatic Ecologist, working as a Research Technician, broadly interested in aquatic foodweb dynamics and ecosystem processes as well as in their responses to environmental change and human impacts. I have worked with several groups of organism in the past, including fishes and macroinvertebrates, but I am currently most fascinated by the beauty of phytoplankton.

pinelopi ntetsika (eawag)

I am a freshly graduated ecologist excited to start my PhD in cyanoHABs. I have a strong interest in aquatic ecosystems and I am particularly keen on studying contemporary evolution in a community context. In this project, I aim to understand the eco-evolutionary mechanisms that trigger cyanoHABs. I enjoy exchanging ideas and working in an interdisciplinary environment.

Raphaël Bossart (eawag)

I am a well-rounded research technician at the department of Aquatic Ecology (Eco) at Eawag. I am involved in a multitude of different projects where I am mainly involved in questions and issues related to molecular biology but not exclusively. I was trained as a Lab technician at ETH’s Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) and I have a bachelor in Biotechnology. I like science and being in Nature.

stefanie eyring (eawag)

I am an ecologist with a background in biology and environmetal sciences and a heart for plankton. I developed my interests during my master thesis in Francesco’s group. After a short detour and internship with the cantonal authorities, I returned to Eawag as a Research Assistant exploring field work, the lab and data.

stuart dennis (eawag)

I am an evolutionary biologist and with a strong focus on aquatic ecology, in particular waterfleas (Daphnia). My research interests focus on how organisms interact with the world around them, how diversity arises and is maintained, and how genomic organisation, genetic architecture, hormonal signalling / physiological processes combine to coordinate those processes.

Paul L. D. Roberts (MBARI)

Paul Roberts is a Research Engineer at MBARI. Before, he worked at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 18 years designing and building underwater imaging instruments to study marine animals. He specializes in underwater microscopy, computer vision, machine learning, and underwater instrument design. Paul is dedicated to advancing our ability to study marine animals in their natural environment by leveraging state-of-the-art technologies from a wide range of engineering disciplines.